Boca Raton-Kyky Tandy scored a 26-point summit to help Florida Atlantic in a 94-74 victory against Texas-San Antonio in a match of the American sports conference on Wednesday evening.
While Tandy spilled 8 of her 10 three -point shots, Kaleb Glenn added 17 points and 7 rebounds on the bench. Mata Vokietaitis and Ken Evans Jr. each had 12 points, and Baba Miller had a double double of 10 points and 11 for the OWLS (11-10, 4-4). Damari Monsanto led the UTSA scoring (9-11, 3-5) with 21 points.
“I think we are going to celebrate until midnight,” said FAU head coach John Jakus after victory.
FAU never followed and will seek to win consecutive victories on Sunday when the OWLS host a rival in the state of southern Florida (11-10, 4-4 AAC).
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Here are four points to remember from Wednesday’s victory:
The Tandy-Man can, paving the way with the best game of the season
The transfer of Jacksonville State had its best match in a FAU uniform on Wednesday, inaugurating its second 20 -point game of the season on the heels of 8 three career points.
“I just wanted to be aggressive,” said Tandy. “I put the work and I just trusted my work. Tonight, you see it, so I’m just blessed, I had a match like that and we got the victory. “”
Tandy would take fire in the second half, scoring 15 of her 26 points on a perfect 5-in-5 of Beyond Arc.
“My coaches and teammates believe in me,” said Tandy. “They wanted me to shoot and I turned it.”
Jakus hopes that Wednesday’s performance is what Tandy needed to find consistency from the three -point beach.
“I always felt like (Tandy), by the end of the year, would have 40% (from the 3 -point range),” said Jakus. “It took him a minute, and I think he wanted to do everything in a day. So God bless him.
Contributions to all levels essential to the Owl Blowout victory
Tandy may have stolen the show, but the OWLs have obtained positive contributions from many different players in the victory of the roadrunners. Fau scored 34 points on the bench, led by the 17 points of Glenn and Vokietaitis 12.
The OWLs also collected 23 assists, led by Baba Miller’s 11. As a team, FAU fired 54% in the field and 50% on a three -point beach (14 out of 28).
“I’m delighted for them,” said Jakus. “They do not leave, they are here every morning, getting up from the gunshots, doing an additional work.”
Tandy added: “It is the beauty of our team. Anyone can leave every night.
Fau dominates the boards en route towards a 20 -point victory
To say that the owls have dominated the roadrunners on the glass can be an understatement. FAU held an advantage of 43-28 rebound on the UTSA while winning 15 offensive rebounds.
As it was the theme all night, many owls contributed to the department of rebound. Eight different players obtained three or more rebounds, led by Tre Carroll, who had eight. Glenn, who dropped 7 rebounds, noted the accent put on the maintenance of the game out of reach by remaining concentrated.
“We just need to go there and do our job,” said Glenn. “Do not let him be close, because half of the time, he doesn’t even have to be close. Today was the accent on the start of the jump and the maintenance of our foot on the pedal. »»
The owls prevent the top scorer of the UTSA Primo Spears from beat them
The UTSA goalkeeper, Primo Spears, entered the match on Wednesday on average 21.1 points per game, 7th in the country and 2nd in the AAC behind the goalkeeper of Memphis PJ Haggerty. Spears, who had scored 20 points or more 12 times this season, was held at 16 points on a shot of 6 for 16 on the field. It was also a less-25 in 35 minutes on the ground.
Jakus mentioned the importance of not allowing Spears to find his groove.
“I mean, 16 (points); If it’s calm, you are a hell of a player, “said Jakus. “Take the three of them … I thought we had done a bad job … on (Damari Monsanto), he had 7 out of 9. But I thought we had strength (spears) in difficult elbows , and we prefer the elbow draw instead of the three shakedown.
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Fau Owls Bat Utsa Roadrunners in American Athletic Conference Basketball
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